Zack Wickham
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Yeah. I mean, I'm going to say, I'm definitely going to say it's gotta be, I mean, I'm not, I'm kidding. Yeah.
Yeah. I mean, I'm going to say, I'm definitely going to say it's gotta be, I mean, I'm not, I'm kidding. Yeah.
but Louisville is different. Louisville is one of the most progressive cities in the South. It has one of the largest gay populations randomly per capita. We have very strong gay community. Also pretty much every politician that has been around since I've been around or like been alive has been a Democrat or liberal. Like our mayors have given speeches at the gay club and, So our pride is huge.
but Louisville is different. Louisville is one of the most progressive cities in the South. It has one of the largest gay populations randomly per capita. We have very strong gay community. Also pretty much every politician that has been around since I've been around or like been alive has been a Democrat or liberal. Like our mayors have given speeches at the gay club and, So our pride is huge.
Louisville's a different beast. We also have some of the strongest LGBT protections for workplace, for housing, that includes trans people. It includes the full umbrella. It doesn't just disclude some or...
Louisville's a different beast. We also have some of the strongest LGBT protections for workplace, for housing, that includes trans people. It includes the full umbrella. It doesn't just disclude some or...
and it's workplace and housing which you don't have in other cities in the south so as far as that's concerned louisville was great to grow up in i never even though i was catholic i did go to an all boys catholic high school and i mean oh dear god it's probably why i drank smirnoff ice you know as my first drink but um That was a little difficult.
and it's workplace and housing which you don't have in other cities in the south so as far as that's concerned louisville was great to grow up in i never even though i was catholic i did go to an all boys catholic high school and i mean oh dear god it's probably why i drank smirnoff ice you know as my first drink but um That was a little difficult.
Well, let me put it this way. I was never not myself. So if people wanted to call me gay, they could call me gay. Or then I had my defenders that were like, he is totally straight. He just likes dancing. If it tells you anything, I went to seven. I had to buy a tux. I went to seven tuxes. senior proms at all the all-girl schools. I went to every single Catholic school.
Well, let me put it this way. I was never not myself. So if people wanted to call me gay, they could call me gay. Or then I had my defenders that were like, he is totally straight. He just likes dancing. If it tells you anything, I went to seven. I had to buy a tux. I went to seven tuxes. senior proms at all the all-girl schools. I went to every single Catholic school.
I went to all of their senior proms. And then the only other one was my own. Oh, and then I went to two public school ones as well.
I went to all of their senior proms. And then the only other one was my own. Oh, and then I went to two public school ones as well.
My mom was like, we're buying a tux because I'm not renting a tux every time you let go.
My mom was like, we're buying a tux because I'm not renting a tux every time you let go.
But yeah, I feel like I felt, but it's the not knowing. You don't talk about it. It's never talked about. You have to find out all this stuff about yourself on your own. Like through, you know, men's fitness magazines. And, you know, just like Yahoo Messenger.
But yeah, I feel like I felt, but it's the not knowing. You don't talk about it. It's never talked about. You have to find out all this stuff about yourself on your own. Like through, you know, men's fitness magazines. And, you know, just like Yahoo Messenger.
Well, then it was.
Well, then it was.
Yeah, it was. period and actually what's really what's amazing about we ho and something I want to bring up and what's so important about pride too is gay bars so gay bars are actually kind of like the hub of gay the center of like gay life but Granted, in the past 10 to 15 years, it has shifted because gays are more accepted other places so they don't congregate in just gay bars.
Yeah, it was. period and actually what's really what's amazing about we ho and something I want to bring up and what's so important about pride too is gay bars so gay bars are actually kind of like the hub of gay the center of like gay life but Granted, in the past 10 to 15 years, it has shifted because gays are more accepted other places so they don't congregate in just gay bars.